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Business Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors

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dc.contributor.authorPuerto, Susana
dc.contributor.authorMcKenzie, David
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-16T19:08:47Z
dc.date.available2017-03-16T19:08:47Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.description.abstractBusiness training is one of the most common support services offered by governments to small firms around the world. However, a number of evaluations of such training programs have struggled to identify impacts, and an additional concern has been that any growth of trained firms might at the expense of their competitors. In contrast, supporters of training programs argue that there might be positive benefits to other firms in the economy, if better business practices are like a technology that others can observe and copy, or if training encourages collective action. The authors designed an experiment to measure both the direct and spillover impacts of training.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/364401488865513851/Business-training-for-female-microenterprise-owners-in-Kenya-grew-their-firms-without-harming-their-competitors
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/26285
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/26285
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesFinance and PSD Impact;No. 42
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectwomen entrepreneurs
dc.subjectmicroenterprises
dc.subjecttraining
dc.subjectskills
dc.subjectgender
dc.titleBusiness Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitorsen
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okr.crossref.titleBusiness Training for Female Microenterprise Owners in Kenya Grew Their Firms without Harming Their Competitors
okr.date.disclosure2017-03-07
okr.doctypePublications & Research
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okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/364401488865513851/Business-training-for-female-microenterprise-owners-in-Kenya-grew-their-firms-without-harming-their-competitors
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/26285
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okr.identifier.report113198
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Skills Development and Labor Force Training
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Business Development Services
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::Curriculum on Business and Development
okr.unitDECRG: Finance & Priv Sec Devt (DECFP)
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